Caring for the Heart

Description:

This study explores the parallel histories of the Mayo Clinic, the care of patients with heart disease, and specialization in cardiology during the twentieth century. Chapters are devoted to such technologies as open-heart surgery, coronary angiography, and echocardiography, and to the key individuals, instituions, and innovations that played vital roles in the technologies that transformed heart care.--From publisher description.

subjects: Cardiology,  Cardiovascular system, diseases,  Coronary care units,  Minnesota, history,  History,  Heart $x Surgery,  Medicine,  Specialties and specialists,  Academic Medical Centers,  Cardiovascular Diseases,  Cardiovascular Diagnostic Techniques,  History, 19th Century,  History, 20th Century,  History, 21st Century,  Specialization,  Mayo Clinic,  Heart,  Surgery,  Kardiologie,  Spezialisierung